Howard Kahane

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Howard Kahane


Born
April 19, 1928

Died
May 02, 2001

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Howard Kahane (19 April 1928 – 2 May 2001) was a professor of philosophy at Bernard M. Baruch College in New York City. He was noted for promoting a popular, and non-mathematical, approach to logic, now known as informal logic. His best known publication in that area is his textbook Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life. Another textbook of his that saw posthumous publication is Logic and Philosophy: A Modern Introduction.

Kahane graduated with a BA (1954) and master's degree (1958) from the University of California at Los Angeles, and received a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1962. Before Baruch College, Kahane taught at Whitman College, the University of Kansas, American University and the Univer
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Average rating: 3.79 · 223 ratings · 25 reviews · 23 distinct works
Logic and Contemporary Rhet...

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Logic and Philosophy: A Mod...

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منطق جمله‌ها

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Thinking About Basic Belief...

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منطق محمول‌ها

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درآمدی نو به منطق

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Instructor's Manual for Log...

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Contract Ethics

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Instructor's Manual for Log...

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logic and Philosophy

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“...many people prefer the comfort of fantasy to the harshness of reality. They seem to reason this way: 'How can I arrange my beliefs so I'll feel most comfortable?' rather than arranging them to agree with reality.”
Howard Kahane